before they were famous...

Barbra Streisand’s first performance was as a Chocolate Chip Cookie.

Gloria Steinem was a magician's assistant,

Cindy Williams - a waitress at "International House of Pancakes"

George C. Scott taught at an all-women's college.

John Travolta was a grocery store cashier

Clint Eastwood was a hay baler.

John Wayne, at one time was a studio prop man.

Ashton Kutcher swept the floor at a General Mills factory

George Clooney was a radio D.J.

Rock Hudson drove a truck

Gene Kelly was an apprentice bricklayer.

James Caan worked as a lifeguard.

Steve McQueen sold encyclopedias door-to-door.

Samuel Goldwyn was a forest ranger

Michael Clarke Duncan, a security guard at a Hollywood poker club.

George Segal, a jazz musician.

Grover Cleveland was a store clerk

Gerald Ford assisted a blacksmith

Thomas Paine was a tax collector

Ronald Reagan was a cook

Lyndon Johnson – a janitor

Benito Mussolini taught school

Malcolm X pedaled drugs

Yul Brynner swung from a trapeze (he was a circus performer…)

(and the most bizarre of all in my mind…) Evel Kneivel, stunt man extraordinaire who broke just about every bone in his body at one time or another -- sold insurance!!